r/FilmPreservationists

Hello people who are likely to be fans of SpongeBob!

You know how late last year a full copy of Empress Chung showed up for sale, for it to be bought, restored and uploaded to YouTube, only for it to be taken down due to copyright. The uploader, Fileast堂, was saying in the comments that the original screener DVD and a remastered version would eventually be uploaded onto the Internet Archive.

Well, looks like that day has come. Both the screener and a high-quality remaster were uploaded to the site a few days ago under this account:

https://archive.org/details/@sequoiabansheeboogers

There's also a sampler disc containing stuff from the film that was uploaded as well.

Seems like this went under the radar, as from what I can tell, nobody's talked about this recent upload.

It causes me so much anxiety to think about how much potential media we are losing every day to decay. Some solid talent and effort, lost to time.

I wish more people cared! We need an all hands on deck movement to get the remaining bit digitized, at least.

Hello, last year I graduated from film school and I am now coming to the realization that I would like to potentially pursue work surrounding film history and archival work. Since graduation, I haven't been able to find much work in the film industry. I live in Los Angeles and all I've been able to do is work in the veterinary industry and do a remote unpaid internship for a first-year film festival.

It's no secret that the film industry is struggling. I only know one person who I've graduated with who has been able to land a consistent job, and no matter how many connections I have, I still can't seem to land anything. I've come to the realization that my main interest in film doesn't lie in production, but rather history and preservation. However, I've only taken two film history classes from my undergrad studies and I don't have a single insight on what the career and field is like. Through my research I've found that the next step is to consider getting my masters in history or library sciences. However, I've also found that people with these degrees tend to regret pursuing this course of education. Additionally, I have my own reservations about putting on more student debt and putting myself through grad school while having to work full-time. Is there any insight that anyone could provide? Such as those who work in the industry, whether grad school is worth it, how I can search for work with no experience, etc.?

Picked this up at a NC Goodwill years ago for 75 cents. I'd looked at the label before "PROMOTIONAL VIDEO NOT FOR AIR TRT 1hr 14min" dated 1992 but didn't understand the significance until I saw it on the Lost Media Wiki last week.

Wiki only has the intro recorded in phone-cam quality from 2018. This is the full tape with original sleeve. I've watched the whole thing, plays clean start to finish.

I listed it on eBay since I don't have the setup to digitize it properly, but figured the community should know a complete copy still exists.

Has anyone seen a full transfer out there?

Edit:From the Wiki -Cartoon Network: Classic Capers was a limited edition VHS release from Turner Broadcasting, released in 1992, before the channel was launched on October 1, 1992. It showed sneak previews of cartoons from Turner's library that would end up on Cartoon Network.

Originally, the closing was surfaced on YouTube in camera recording quality in 2007 or 2008, but was gone since then. However, 2018 was when only the intro was surfaced online in phone camera quality on ClassicCartoonJester's YouTube channel, the user will transfer tape to a file version of the entire tape soon with better quality.